Incarnation

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Doctrine

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Official Church teaching

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Incarnation

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God taking on the human condition

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Annunciation

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When the angel Gabriel asked Mary to accept the role of the mother of the Son of God

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Angel

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A spiritual being believed to act as a messenger of God

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Grace

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God’s free gift of his unconditional love to the believer

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Genealogy

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A list of the generations in a family, which shows how people are related to each other

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Emmanuel

Answer 7

A Jewish name meaning ‘God is with us’

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Virgin Birth

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The belief that Jesus was fully human but did not have a human father

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Word of God

Answer 9

The Second Person if the Trinity, God the Son, who became flesh in Jesus

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Eternal

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Without beginning or end

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Co-exist

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Live together in harmony

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Dynamic

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Full of energy and creativeness

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Evangelists

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The writers of the Gospel (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John)

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Son of Man

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A title that could refer to either just a human being, or a human who is given power by God

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Sanhedrin

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The Jewish council that looked after all aspects of Jewish life and religion at the time of Jesus

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Ichthus (fish)

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A symbol of a fish, based on a Greek acronym that translates as ‘Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour’

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Alpha and Omega

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A symbol made from the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, which are used to show that God and Jesus are eternal- the beginning and end if all things

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Chi-Rho

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A symbol to represent Jesus, made up of the first two letters of his name in Greek

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Sacred Heart

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A representation of Jesus that focuses on his burning love for everybody

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Crucifix

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A representation of Jesus on the cross on which be died

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Law

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The commandments and rules laid down in the Old Testament

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Sermon on the Mount

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Jesus’ teachings found in Matthew 5-7, which give Christians a set of rules and values to apply in their lives

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God’s will

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The things that God wants people to do

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Tradition

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That which has been handed or passed down; things which have value because they have ‘stood the test of time’

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Heresy

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A belief that goes against the accepted teaching of the Church

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Magisterium

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The teaching authority of the Catholic Church, exercised by the Pope and the bishops

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Salvation

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Freedom from sin, and from the eternal separation from God that is brought about by sin

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Apostolic Exhortation

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A letter or document from the Pope encouraging Catholics in their religion

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Sinful

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When humans turn away from God and do what they want, rather than what God wants

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Sacrament

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Rites and rituals through which the believer receives a special gift of grace for Catholic, Anglicans and many Protestants, sacraments are ‘outward signs’ of ‘inward grace’

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Laying on of hands

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A symbolic gesture that passes on the power of the Holy Spirit

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Sanctity/ Sanctification

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Being made holy

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Witness

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When someone shows their faith through their words and actions

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Imago dei

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‘The image of God’ the Latin term used to show that God made humans in his image and likeness

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Conception

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When the male sperm fertilises the female ovum, seen by Catholics as the start of life

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Abortion

Answer 36

The removal of the foetus from the womb to end a pregnancy, usually before the foetus is 24 weeks old